Psychology Final Chapter 10

Front 1

Research into the idea that subvocal or implicit speech occurs during thinking:

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supported Watson's ideas in the beginning

suggested that this only occurred in hearing individuals, not the deaf

Front 2

On your psychology exam you choose the correct answers to the problems by narrowing given choices based on the information that you know; you then try each possible solution in the problem. This is an example of which problem solving strategy?

Back 2

Hypotheses testing

Front 3

One of the difficulties in solving problems of daily life is that the problems tend to:

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be ill defined

Front 4

When young children use a single word to express complex meanings and thoughts, it is called a:

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holophrase

Front 5

Our ability to solve problems is influenced by:

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how we represent the problem.

how creative we are with generating possible solutions.

how well we evaluate the possible solutions.

Front 6

Individuals who have suffered damage to regions of their brain associated with representing feelings of emotions:

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are unable to make plans or decisions

Front 7

Psycholinguists are interested in:

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how sounds and symbols are translated into meaning.

how memories are stored

Front 8

________ is the approach to decision making that assumes that the probability of an event is related to how frequently it occurred in the past and that events that occur more frequently are easier to remember.

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Availability heuristic

Front 9

All languages are made up of individual sounds called ________ that are recognized as distinct and different:

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phonemes

Front 10

Our tendency to rely on cherished beliefs rather than logical analysis is called the:

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belief-bias effect

Front 11

Morphemes are the smallest units of ________ in a language

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meaning

Front 12

Which approach bases decisions primarily on the degree to which we can access information from our memories?

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Availability heuristic

Front 13

Which of the following are both characteristics of problems that are difficult to solve?

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Complexity and lack of definition

Front 14

Your understanding of a problem is influenced by:

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how the problem is presented to you.

whether it is a visual or auditory problem

Front 15

Syntax is commonly known as:

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grammer

Front 16

Using a mental set to solve a problem refers to our tendency to:

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use techniques which worked in the past

Front 17

When one-and-a-half-year-old Lauren tugs at her mother's leg and pleads "up," she is conveying the meaning "pick me up now". These single-word utterances are called:

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holophrases

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In Noam Chomsky's nativistic theory, the pre-wiring of that part of the brain that is presumed to facilitate the child's learning of grammar is known as the:

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language acquisition device

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Language allows us to:

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establish complex social structures.

pass on knowledge to later generations.

remember, reason and solve abstract problems.

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Psychologists call categories of things and their relationships:

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concepts